The school district superintendent says administrators who ran a “kindness workshop” that asked middle school students deeply personal questions in front of their classmates have been disciplined.

The school district superintendent says administrators who ran a “kindness workshop” that asked middle school students deeply personal questions in front of their classmates have been disciplined.

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Updated: 6:11 PM EST Feb 4, 2016

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WEBVTT APOLOGY SO MANY STUDENTS A PARENTS HAVE BEEN SEEKING. WENDY: BOB HAZEN TELLING US WHO IS SAYING I'M SOR NOW. REPORTER: THE LETTER WENT OUT TO PARENTS BY EMAIL AND I IT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS SHE IS SORRY AND CLAIMS THE PEOPLE BEHIND TH CONTROVERSIAL WORKSHOP HAVE BEEN PUNISHED. WEST ALLEGHENY SCHOO SUPERINTENDENT JERRY LIPPERT HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF MUCH O THE OUTRAGE OVER LAST MONTH'S SO-CALLED KINDNESS WORKSHOP. THIS LETTER WAS HER APOLOGY TO THE FAMILIES BUT TO SOME IT IS NOT ENOUGH? A LOT OF THE PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THEY ARE STILL UPSET ABOUT IT. THER ARE CHILDREN STILL FEARFUL OF BEING BULLIED. REPORTER: YOU'LL REMEMBER THE ANTI-BULLYING WORKSHO INVOLVED 8th GRADERS STANDING IN A CIRCLE ASKED PERSONAL QUESTIONS. WHETHER YOU OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU IDENTIFIES AS GAY, LESBIAN DISSECTION YOU'LL, TRANSGENDER HAS BEEN IN PRISON, HAS EVER WORRIED ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY. THE SEPTEMBER WRITES IN THE LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS AND MYSELF I WANT TO SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR THE EVENTS THAT SURROUND END TH 8th GRADE WORKSHOP. SHE SAYS, I FULLY SUPPORT T ADMINISTRATION'S TEAMS INTENTIONS TO CONDUCTING THE WORKSHOP I DO NO CONDONE THE STUDENTS' CIRCLE ACTIVITY. DISCIPLINARY ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS WHO PLANNED, DEVELOPED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKSHOP BUT FAILED TO SHARE THE MATERIALS WITH US PRIOR TO THEI IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THE LETTER DOESN'T SAY WHO THOSE ADMINISTRATORS WERE OR WHAT WA DONE. >> YOU HURT THE CHILDREN, SOMEBODY SHOULD BE FIRED AND IT SHOULD B THE HEAD CHICK IN CHARGE THE SUPERINTENDENT. IT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING PAID FOR GIRL THAT'S WHY YOU MAKE THE BIG BUCKS. REPORTER: THE SUPERINTENDEN PROMISING FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS PARENTS WILL HAVE TO OPT IN THEIR STUDENTS INSTEAD OF OPTING THEM OUT. THEY ARE PLANNING TO START A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PARENTS,